Emergency hospital admissions, prognosis, and population mortality in Norway during the first wave of the Covid-19 epidemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

During the first wave of the Covid-19 epidemic, a national lockdown was established in Norway, and inhabitants were asked to contact healthcare only if absolutely necessary. We investigated hospital admissions and mortality due to non-Covid-19 disease during the lockdown compared to previous years.

Methods

We compared the number of emergency admissions and in-hospital fatality for diagnoses probably unaffected (acute myocardial infarction, acute abdominal conditions, cerebrovascular diseases) and affected by the lockdown (infections, injuries) in the South-Eastern Health Region of Norway during weeks 12-22, 2020, compared to the mean of the same period in the years 2017-2019. We also compared population mortality March-May 2020, to the mean of the same period in y

SUBMITTER: Jodal HC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9361465 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature